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21.
Consequences
Example of use DC2AP
18.3. Solution Variants:
21.1. Positive:
- This analysis pattern represents an organizational
hierarchy easy to change, thus making it useful in different
contexts.
- To change the hierarchical structure of an organization of
this pattern, it is not necessary to change the model
structure, but the subtypes and restrictions of the pattern.
This makes the pattern flexible and reusable.
21.2. Negative:
- This pattern supports only a single organizational
hierarchy, thereby limiting some contexts of use.
- If restrictions are not well established for the context of
use of this pattern, the self-relationship in it can be
dangerous, allowing some hierarchical levels relate
directly improperly.
V. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK
DC2AP allows a d etailed specification of the analysis
patterns, since it was developed specifically for this domain.
This profile was developed to be integrated into the proposal of
Analysis Patterns Reuse Infrastructure (APRI) [5]. Thus it aims
to solve the problem of documentation, organization, search
and access to analysis patterns.
The use of DC2AP in an APRI allows the creation of digital
collections of analysis patterns in the form of pattern
catalogues and pattern languages. Through web services
proposed by APRI, the analysis patterns specified with DC2AP
can be retrieved more quickly and ef ficiently, offering to
potential users an easier access to well-documented analysis
patterns, and consequently, with greater potential for reuse.
Because it is a generic metadata standard, Dublin Core
allows interoperability between data of different domains, so
DC2AP, being an application profile of Dublin Core, can be
combined with future works aimed at creating new Dublin
Core application profiles to document other types of reusable
computational artifacts.
As future works, it is intended to align current description
of DC2AP to the Singapore Framework. This framework is a
set of descriptive components recommended to document an
application profile [23]. With this alignment, DC2AP will fit in
the concept of machine-processable application profile and thus
can serve as basis for the definition and implementation of web
services proposed in APRI for search, visualization, application
and contribution of use experience of analysis patterns.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This work is partially financed by Brazilian funding
agencies: FAPEMIG, CNPq and CAPES. The authors also
acknowledge the financial support of the company Sydle.
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